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Archive for May, 2006

The Shape Of An Elephant

Wednesday, May 17th, 2006

Remember this old Bhuddist parable? Five blind men of Savatthi are all describing an elephant. The problem is that one grabs the tail, the other a leg, the other the side, the other an ear and the fifth, the tusk. Each, remaining blindfolded, seeks to articulate the attributes of an elephant. The one who grabbed [...]

Pediatrics Letter – More Misrepresentation

Wednesday, May 10th, 2006

On the 5th May a Letter from Kenneth P Stoller appeared in Pediatrics. UW-Madison researcher Paul Shattuck concludes that special education figures being used are “faulty and do not substantiate such a claim” (that there is an autism epidemic). Paul Shattuck seems to be saying that all the reported autistic children have always been here, [...]

Autism Hub News

Sunday, May 7th, 2006

You may remember that earlier this year, I launched Autism Hub in an effort to centralise the blogging efforts of people who blogged along themes associated with autism – what they all have in common is no interest in curing autism. Some bloggers are parents, some are autistic people, some are scientists – some are [...]

JB Handley – Interweb Genius

Wednesday, May 3rd, 2006

After the launch of

Autism Family Adventures
Jobs for autism

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